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Written by Doug Drinkwater. With one in four suffering a mental health problem in their lifetime, here are eight tips you can follow to improve your mental wellbeing. Check your diet We often assume that mental health problems may be triggered by relat …

Written by Stephanie Harper. I’ve always approached New Year’s resolutions with a certain level of discomfort. So often we resolve to quick fixes and instant gratification. Or we make goals that are either unrealistic or too nebulous, resolutions we’ll …

Written by Kory Wilcoxson and John Patterson. All religions share the common ethical principle of compassion, which is at the very heart of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The foundational precept of medicine and bio …

Written by Emma Seppala and Christina Bradley. Research generally shows that having friends at work can increase productivity and engagement. However, a new study by Wharton researchers Julianna Pillemer and Nancy Rothbard finds that there can be a dar …

Written by Sesil Pir. On October 25, the New York Times published an article on the misconducts that led to the largest employee protest in the history of Google. Two days later, my husband, who is a technical leader at the company, came home demoraliz …

Written by Shinara Hussain, Robyn Sneddon, Shufei Chen and Ethan Horton. With the release of the new BTS album Love Yourself: Tear, came the song entitled ‘Magic Shop’. A track that’s touched the hearts of ARMY around the globe. Like most of BTS releas …

Written by Carolyn de Lorenzo. While there are a million and one reasons to practice gratitude throughout the day, you’re probably thinking, if one more person tells you to start a gratitude journal, you might actually want to scream into your pillow. …

Written by Katie Avis-Riordan. If you regularly get up on the wrong side of the bed, feeling groggy and grumpy, there may be a quick and easy solution to your mood woes. According to science, there is a specific morning routine which makes sure your da …

Written by Catherine Clifford. With more than $88 billion to his name, there isn’t much Warren Buffett couldn’t buy. Except, as the now 88-year-old CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway is keenly aware, there is one thing his fortune won’t help him ge …

Dr. James Doty created a mnemonic called, “The Alphabet of the Heart”, to be used as a meditation exercise. It’s a reminder of 10 steps along the journey towards compassion and mindfulness. To download the poster, click here.

Written by Rachel Premack. When it comes to negative emotions like sadness, anxiety, or anger, one common course of action is to try ignoring them. But Deanna Geddes, a professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, recommends the opposite. ” …

Written by Wendy Jewell. James Doty, M.D., FACS, FICS is a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, a part of the Stanford School of Medicine and an affi …

Blockchain For Good is a think tank which brings together the greatest minds around the world, all there to debate how blockchain can serve the greater good for humanity, society, the economy, and our environment. This recent third roundtable event was …

Written by Dr. Bill Morrison. Current research underscores the importance of creating workplace cultures that foster the psychological health and wellness of employees within their team and work environments. Healthy workplaces support employee wellbei …

Written by Valerie Bisharat. No pain, no gain. Sleep can wait. Suffer now, prosper later. Although slightly hyperbolic, these maxims influence how many of us think about achieving success in our lives and careers. Put your head down and defer happiness …

Written by Ikran Dahir. BTS’s latest album, Love Yourself: Tear, features a song called “Magic Shop”. Before the song came out, it was hinted at in a live performance in December 2017 with the quote, “A magical time is coming. Come to the Magic Shop. N …

Written by A. Pawlowski. Life would be so much different without a wall of worry in the way. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, bringing attention to the one in five Americans who experiences a mental health condition. For many people, the overwhelm …

Written by Meera Jagannathan. Compassion as a management strategy — as opposed to ruling with an iron fist — has been shown to boost employee trust, loyalty and retention. “Compassionate leaders create a positive and caring workplace culture,” psycholo …

Written by Rubi Valdez. Basic acts of kindness and compassion for cancer patients can go a long way, especially in speeding up their healing process and reducing pain. In 2014, Dignity Health, in partnership with Stanford University Center for Compassi …

Written by Stacey Burling. Stephen Trzeciak’s obsession with compassion started with his son’s seventh-grade cultural geography assignment three years ago. The son asked the father, a critical-care doctor at Cooper University Hospital, for help with a …

Written by Laurie Cameron. Mindfulness, the practice of training the mind to focus and be present in the moment, is becoming a major force for positive change in our lives at work. Corporate leaders such as Google and Target are offering their employee …

Written by Lena Franklin. Mindfulness and meditation are all about cultivating an intimate relationship with yourself and the present moment, but these practices also boast transformative benefits for intimacy with your partner. Relationship intimacy i …

At GoFundMe, we know that parents and caregivers have an incredibly important job: raising the future generation. And especially in recent years, parents have said that above all, they simply wish for their kids to be kind. Every day, we see amazing ki …

Written by Shana Lebowitz. We tend to underestimate ourselves. We look at CEOs, or people with billions of dollars in the bank, and see them as way more successful than we are. But if you’re pursuing your passions, if you’re learning, and if you’re for …

Written by Emma Seppala. “Phubbing” is the practice of snubbing others in favor of our mobile phones. We’ve all been there, as either victim or perpetrator. We may no longer even notice when we’ve been phubbed (or are phubbing), it has become such a no …